On May 15, 2021, an offshore worker tragically died in an accident on an oil and gas platform in the Gulf of Mexico. The incident occurred on Fieldwood Energy’s Eugene Island 158 #14 offshore facility off the coast of Louisiana. According to a statement released by
On May 10, 2021, two construction workers sustained serious burn injuries from downed power lines near Fort Worth, Texas. According to one source, the two workers were using a rock hauler truck to drop off a load of dirt for a new overpass being constructed
On May 8, 2021, there was a fatal crash between a sport utility vehicle (SUV) and an all-terrain vehicle (ATV) in north Harris County near Rosemary Lane and Keith Road. The seventeen-year-old driver of the ATV was killed, and the six-year-old passenger was critically injured.
Between May 5 and May 6, 2021, there were two fatal 18-wheeler accidents on Texas roads. On May 5, 2021, one person was killed in an accident between an 18-wheeler and a passenger vehicle in Houston, Texas. The accident blocked eastbound lanes of I-10 at
On May 4, 2021, a chemical leak at Marathon Petroleum’s Galveston Bay Refinery in Texas City required two workers to be taken to a nearby medical facility. The leak involved hydrofluoric acid, which, according to a Reuters article discussing the leak, “forms a ground-hugging cloud at
On May 4, 2021, the Texas Department of Transportation (“TXDOT”) reported an alarming 17% increase in fatal motorcycle accidents in 2020. The increase is particularly significant given there was less traffic on the road in 2020 and a 2% decrease in total motorcycle accidents. Of the